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Originally Posted by Pidish
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The early EP3's are prone to a cam galling issue. From my previous research, it seems to me that the problem comes from a matter of metallurgy on the cam, and will manifest itself once the mileage gets high. I am not 100% certain how long the problem has persisted, but I am quite certain that the facelifted EP3 (ie. the ones with 5 lugs from the factory) do not have that cam galling problem.
Personally, I love these cars. The K20 pulls hard, even in the K20A3 guise. The chassis is stiff like a solid block, but I found the brakes to be inadequate, at least on the 4 lug pre-facelift models.
The go-to car is the facelifed, 5 lug car, but clean copies of those seem to be unicorn rare...